PHILADELPHIA – A Southampton company alleges its copyrighted material was used by a Hong Kong company without authorization.
Graphic Styles/Styles International LLC filed a complaint on Oct. 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Princeton Custom Tailors and Dennis Sin alleging copyright infringement.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff prepares and publishes clothing stylebooks for use by tailors and manufacturers.
The plaintiff holds Princeton Custom Tailors and Sin responsible because the defendants allegedly reproduced and displayed on their website copies of plaintiff's graphic representations for men and women's clothing from the plaintiff's stylebook without attribution.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks declare that the defendant has infringed plaintiff's copyrights; an order for the defendants to pay general, special, actual and statutory damages to the plaintiff; disgorgement of profits; enhance statutory damages; court costs; order the defendants to cease and desist immediate all infringing activities; court costs; and any further relief the court grants. It is represented by Michael J. Brooks of Law Offices of Michael J. Brooks in Doylestown.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania case number 2:17-cv-04108-CDJ